Alexandra Rojas (born February 25, 1995) is an American activist and political commentator who is the executive director of

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. She has provided

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Education

Between 2009 and 2013, Alexandra Rojas attended

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. She went to Orange Coast College in

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, from 2014 to 2016 to study political science and economics. While at college, she was actively involved in campus politics and became the Students Senate President in 2015. In 2016, she received a degree in political science and economics.

Political activism

After joining Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign as an intern, she served as digital field manager from January 2016 to June 2016 and helped run the volunteer-led "barnstorm" program. After the campaign ended, she became one of the founders of

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, working on candidate recruitment.

split from Brand New Congress to focus on running Democratic candidates and launching progressive primary challenges against long-time Democratic incumbents. Rojas became the group's executive director in May 2018, taking over from

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who went on to become

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for

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in Congress. Rojas appeared in

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' 2022 documentary film, '' To the End'', which focuses on the effects of

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. The film debuted at the

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and was presented at the

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in June 2022.

Accolades

In 2019, Rojas was placed on ''

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'' Top 100 Next List for her work with Justice Democrats.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Alexandra 1995 births Connecticut Democrats Democratic Party (United States) politicians Living people Orange Coast College alumni People from East Hartford, Connecticut American left-wing activists